The Kano State government has said that there was no new confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in the state on Thursday.
Recall that the National Center for Disease and Control (NCDC), had on Thursday announced 5 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Kano, bringing the total number of cases to 26 as seen below:
Thirty-five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:
19 in Lagos
9 in FCT
5 in Kano
2 in OyoAs at 10:20 pm 16th April there are 442 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 152 have been discharged with 13 deaths#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/b0SK5o3mhx
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 16, 2020
This was after the health agency reported 34 new cases of COVID-19, with 12 cases recorded in Kano state on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, the media aide to Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, said the confirmed cases mentioned by NCDC were those from Wednesday’s report.
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He noted that the total number of cases in Kano still stands at 21 as no new case was confirmed on Thursday.
On his Twitter page, he wrote: “Its worthy to mention that the five cases reported for Kano on Thursday are part of the 21 total confirmed cases as of yesterday.
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